The Swedish Supreme Court has rejected a final plea by Pirate Bay founder Peter Sunde to reconsider his conviction for copyright infringement for his involvement in founding and running the controversial file-sharing website.

As much previously reported, Sunde was one of four men prosecuted in Sweden over their involvement in the file-sharing service. All four were found guilty in a combined criminal and civil case in 2009, and a subsequent appeal failed in 2010. The Swedish Supreme Court then refused to hear the case earlier this year, meaning the prison sentences handed down by the lower courts stand.

The Bay’s main funder, Carl Lundström, was able to serve his time under house arrest, while co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm, who left Sweden after the original trial and didn’t show up for his original appeal hearing, is now in a Swedish jail after being deported back to his home country from Cambodia in September. But his fellow founders, Sunde and Fredrik Neij are still trying to avoid their jail terms.

Earlier this year Sunde appealed for clemency from the Swedish authorities and asked for a retrial, again questioning the case against him, while also citing health issues and his new business venture Flattr as reasons why his prison sentence should be quashed. But, according to Torrentfreak, this week the Swedish Supreme Court said: “Peter Sunde has not shown any evidence that may lead to new trial in the case. The Supreme Court therefore rejects the application for revision”.

Responding, Sunde remained upbeat, having seemingly always expected this result in Sweden. Both he and Neij are now taking their case to the European Courts Of Human Rights, and Sunde now claims that his final attempt to overturn his conviction in his home country was always designed mainly to strengthen his case at a European level.

He told Torrentfreak: “I didn’t really expect any other outcome. I was [actually] making a point, that no matter how innocent we are, it doesn’t really matter. Our case was never up for a real trial, it was just up for us to lose. Now I can go to the European Court Of Human Rights and use this denial of appeal as basis for the European Convention being breached. I needed to try all things in Sweden before it was possible for me to try it, and I didn’t want to be sent back to Sweden saying ‘you didn’t try THIS thing yet'”.

NOW READ THIS RELATED ARTICLE!

Swedish Supreme Court rejects Pirate Bay founder appeal for second time Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde’s most recent attempt to have his conviction for copyright infringement quashed has failed. As much previously reported, Sunde was one of three co-founders of the always controversial file-sharing platform who was found guilty of enabling rampant copyright infringement in a combined civil and criminal case...